#HumanShield in #Gaza, May 2024.
»#Israeli forces strapped explosives around the neck of an elderly #Palestinian man in Gaza and forced him to act as a human shield before killing him and his wife, an investigation by the Israeli news website #HaMakom has revealed. […]
According to HaMakom the decision to use the elderly man as a human shield was part of a long-standing tactic called the "#mosquito #protocol" which involves Israeli soldiers ordering Palestinians to enter potentially booby-trapped locations - houses, tunnels, and other structures - ahead of the Israeli troops. […]
another Israeli soldier rejected the army's official line, telling HaMakom that "the mosquito protocol is completely regulated, and it's a very gray zone within the army."«
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israeli-forces-used-80-year-old-palestinian-human-shield-killing-him
»#Israeli forces strapped explosives around the neck of an elderly #Palestinian man in Gaza and forced him to act as a human shield before killing him and his wife, an investigation by the Israeli news website #HaMakom has revealed. […]
According to HaMakom the decision to use the elderly man as a human shield was part of a long-standing tactic called the "#mosquito #protocol" which involves Israeli soldiers ordering Palestinians to enter potentially booby-trapped locations - houses, tunnels, and other structures - ahead of the Israeli troops. […]
another Israeli soldier rejected the army's official line, telling HaMakom that "the mosquito protocol is completely regulated, and it's a very gray zone within the army."«
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israeli-forces-used-80-year-old-palestinian-human-shield-killing-him
Gaza: Israeli forces used 80-year-old Palestinian as human shield before killing him
Israeli forces strapped explosives around the neck of an elderly Palestinian man in Gaza and forced him to act as a human shield before killing him and his wife, an investigation by the Israeli news website HaMakom has revealed.Nadav Rapaport (Middle East Eye)
